Communications & Networking Books

The most complete, hands-on, and up-to-date guide to building great Apps for the iPhone and iPod touch! Introduces Objective-C, Apple's Xcode tools, and all key concepts of iPhone/iPod touch programming. Covers user interfaces, location-based apps, animation, effects, and much more ...

YOUR WEB SITE IS COSTING YOU MONEY. IT'S ALSO FILLED WITH SIMPLE MISTAKES THAT TURN OFF VISITORS BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO BECOME CUSTOMERS. According to marketing guru Seth Godin, a web site visitor is a lot like a monkey looking for one thing: a banana. If that banana isn't easy to see and eas...

Is email taking up too much of your valuable time? Tired of spending hours sorting through unwanted emails? Ever lost one of those really important emails that you thought you had filed in the right place? Wish your business could use Microsoft Outlook Contacts for more than just a phone directory?...

The Stranger's Long Neck is a practical guide for any manager wishing to improve their organisation's online performance. Web content specialist, Gerry McGovern, explains that all websites have a small set of tasks, or 'long necks', that are important to its customers and that must be easy to comple...

Stop hackers in their tracks. Organized by category, "Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition" provides complete details on the latest and most critical security tools, explains their function, and demonstrates how to configure them to get the best results. Completely revised to include the la...

A soup-to-nuts guide for messaging administrators Exchange Server is the world's leading e-mail server software. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 have made changes that messaging administrators need to know and understand in their daily work with Exchange Server. This Sybex guide focuses on the skills, ...

These foundation learning guides help you understand the topics on the three CCNP Routing and Switching exams. ROUTE: / Internet Protocol (IP) routing protocol principles / Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) / Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) / Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) / IP Versi...

The computer and e-mail were sold to us as tools of liberation, but they have actually inhibited our ability to conduct our lives mindfully, with the deliberation and consideration that are the hallmark of true agency." The first e-mail was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will b...

This book presents information on how to analyze risks to your networks and the steps needed to select and deploy the appropriate countermeasures to reduce your exposure to physical and network threats. It also imparts the skills and knowledge needed to identify and counter some fundamental security...

Simple, straightforward and 100% useful, these are the best quick tips to enable you to reach the full potential of Outlook and Google in your business and personal life. Illustrated with screen shots and written in a way that only Debbie Mayo-Smith can - plain English, ideal for everyone regardless...

 Dr. Ali Jahangiri, a world-renowned information technology (IT) expert, brings us the next must-have in IT training: Live Hacking, the definitive and comprehensive guide to computer hacking. Groundbreaking, insightful, and practical, this guide serves to inform IT professionals about and chall...

This book is a practical guide to discovering and exploiting security flaws in web applications. The authors explain each category of vulnerability using real-world examples, screen shots and code extracts. The book is extremely practical in focus, and describes in detail the steps involved in detec...

The spiraling growth of digital information makes the ISM book a "must have" addition to your IT reference library. This exponential growth has driven information management technology to new levels of sophistication and complexity, exposing a skills gap that challenge IT managers and ...

This title offers expert coverage of Microsoft's highly anticipated network software deployment tool. The latest version of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a dramatic update of its predecessor Configuration Manager 2007, and this book offers intermediate-to-advanced coverage of how the...

 It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. Was he an internet me...

Updated Coverage Includes Windows 7 Topics This study guide includes updated content covering Windows 7 topics which were added to the CompTIA A+ exam in January, 2011. The supplemental content includes additional review questions, additional practice exam questions, and an updated objectives map. ...

As part of the highly acclaimed Mastering series from Sybex, this book offers a comprehensive look at VMware vSphere 4, how to implement it, and how to make the most of what it offers. Coverage Includes:* Shows administrators how to use VMware to realize significant savings in hardware costs while s...

Today--following housing bubbles, bank collapses, and high unemployment--the Internet remains the most reliable mechanism for fostering innovation and creating new wealth. The Internet's remarkable growth has been fueled by innovation. In this pathbreaking book, Barbara van Schewick argues that this...

The network management community has been pushed towards the design of alternative management approaches able to support heterogeneity, scalability, reliability, and minor human intervention. The employment of self-* properties and Peer-To-Peer (P2P) are seen as promising alternatives, able to provi...

"Guide to TCP/IP, 4/E, International Edition" introduces readers to the concepts, terminology, protocols, and services that the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite uses to make the Internet work. This text stimulates hands-on skills development by not only describing TCP/I...

Design patterns for the MapReduce framework, until now, have been scattered among various research papers, blogs, and books. This handy guide brings together a unique collection of valuable MapReduce patterns that will save you time and effort regardless of the domain, language, or development frame...

Why is there such fervent demand by enterprises and network service providers worldwide for the MX Series from Juniper Networks? With this authoritative book demonstrates how this routing device provides groundbreaking performance for high-density and high-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services...

This is the only cloud security book to provide field-tested best practices and considerations for securely migrating data, apps, and services into the cloud.

This detailed resource provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of transmitting electrical power and data over Ethernet cables.

To secure Cisco-based networks, professionals must keep track of scores of commands, keywords, command arguments, options, and prompts - and Cisco's new CCNA(R) Security exam (Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security, v2.0) tests most of these. Getting familiar with all these commands is a daunting t...

This book is proceedings of the 7th FTRA International Conference on Future Information Technology (FutureTech 2012). The topics of FutureTech 2012 cover the current hot topics satisfying the world-wide ever-changing needs. The FutureTech 2012 is intended to foster the dissemination of state-of-the-...

This book is the first of three volumes that illustrate the concept of social networks from a computational point of view. The book contains contributions from a international selection of world-class experts, with a specific focus on practical tools, applications, and open avenues for further resea...

This book is the third of three volumes that illustrate the concept of social networks from a computational point of view. The book contains contributions from a international selection of world-class experts, with a specific focus on knowledge discovery and visualization of complex networks (the ot...

This book is the second of three volumes that illustrate the concept of social networks from a computational point of view. The book contains contributions from a international selection of world-class experts, concentrating on topics relating to security and privacy (the other two volumes review To...

This two-volume set, CCIS 0269-CCIS 0270, constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Conference on Global Trends in Computing and Communication, ObCom 2011, held in Vellore, India, in December 2011. The 173 full papers presented together with a keynote paper and invite...

CWNA GUIDE TO WIRELESS LANS, 3rd Edition provides you with the conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills needed to work with wireless technology in a network administration environment as well as pass the Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) exam. The text covers fundamental topics, such a...

Discover the powerful and cost saving new virtualization opportunities on the client side with VMware View 5! In VMware View 5: Building a Successful Virtual Desktop, leading virtualization consultant Paul O'Doherty teaches the essentials of View, bringing together critical information, deep insight...

This book is for any manager or team leader that has the green light to implement a data governance program. The problem of managing data continues to grow with issues surrounding cost of storage, exponential growth, as well as administrative, management and security concerns - the solution to being...

This book analyzes the latest advances in privacy, security and risk technologies within cloud environments. With contributions from leading experts, the text presents both a solid overview of the field and novel, cutting-edge research. A Glossary is also included at the end of the book. Topics and ...

This book provides technical information on multimedia security and steganography as well as the fundamental theoretical framework for developing the extensive advanced techniques. By comprehensively considering the essential principles of the multimedia security and steganographic systems, readers ...

Even though email marketing maintains one of the highest ROIs of any online channel, many marketers still follow antiquated tips or breezy "one-size-fits-all" advice that may not hold true for them in 2012. That means they're leaving money on the table. This no-nonsense, fun-to-read book is about ca...

In order to protect company's information assets such as sensitive customer records, health care records, etc., the security practitioner first needs to find out: what needs protected, what risks those assets are exposed to, what controls are in place to offset those risks, and where to focus attent...

"Securing SQL Server, Second Edition" explores the potential attack vectors someone can use to break into your SQL Server database as well as how to protect your database from these attacks. Written by Denny Cherry, a Microsoft MVP for the SQL Server product, a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Ser...

This is Cisco's authorized, self-paced, foundation learning tool for the latest version of the Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS 640-554) exam, required for CCNA Security certification. Using IOS security features and technologies as examples, it brings together all the core knowledge professionals n...

Approximately 80 percent of the world's population now owns a cell phone, which can hold evidence or contain logs about communications concerning a crime. Digital devices like cameras, PDAs, and GPS can also contain information related to a corporate policy infraction or crime. Aimed to prepare inve...